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Industry
Snapdragon Summit 2026: Smartphones can run 30 billion-parameter AI models
On-device AI models, previously constrained by smartphone memory capacity, can grow to 30 billion parameters through data placement design, Qualcomm said. At Snapdragon Summit 2026, Qualcomm executive vice president Chris Patrick said more capable AI agents need access to larger models with stronger reasoning and richer context. Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite 6th Gen platform, expanding Hexagon NPU shared memory and adding an element accelerator supporting 32,000 tokens.
Industry
Samsung Electronics develops industry\'s first UFS 5.0, mass production in fourth quarter
Samsung Electronics said on Monday it has developed the industry\'s first UFS 5.0, the latest embedded memory standard from JEDEC, as on-device AI boosts demand for faster storage. The product is based on the company’s ninth-generation V-NAND and supports sequential read speeds of 10.8 GB/s and write speeds of 9.5 GB/s, about double UFS 4.1. Samsung said power efficiency improves by more than 40 percent and mass production will start in the fourth quarter.
Telecommunications & Media
OpenAI first hardware could be smartphone, mass production rumoured for early 2027
OpenAI may be preparing a ChatGPT-centric smartphone as its first hardware product, according to a projection. MacRumors, cited by The Verge, reported that tipster Ming-Chi Kuo said OpenAI is accelerating development and targeting mass production in early 2027. Kuo also estimated cumulative shipments of about 30 million units in 2027-2028. The report cited a custom chip based on MediaTek\'s Dimensity 9600 and possible premium specifications, while noting details remain unconfirmed.
